On Wed, 29 Jan 2003 13:48:31 -0800, "Paul Tauger" <ptaugerspamtrap@cox.net> wrote:

>"Brian" <bclark@es.co.nz> wrote in message

>news:277f3vgq8utmfth0ko7os2ah3tubu6d1au@4ax.com...

>> One problem with most video camera's is that you can't rapidly setup

>> the camera for different suituations. It would be good to press a

>> button and have the camera change to fast shutter speed or a special

>> effect, press the button again and have the camera back to normal. To

>> change the camera to things such as a specal effect means turning on

>> the menu, selecting a menu group then selecting the option you want to

>> change. Which could take 1 minute or more by then what you want to

>> video tape has been missed.

>The VX2000 has something like this. It's a "custom" button. Press it, and

>custom settings that you've defined in advance kick in. Press it again, and

>you're back to whatever you were doing.

>

>The custom button allows control over shutter speed, aperture, white

>balance, sharpness, and audio level.

You mean the "auto/manual" switch on the VX2000?

There is also the "custom controls" set, that permits

single-entry selection of a hue, saturation, sharpness,

auto exposure bias, and maximum-gain set of alternative

settings. As I recall, the new Panasonic PDX100 expands

on this by having several sets of settings available...